Aston Villa vs Fulham

12 November 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Antonee Robinson 27’ (og)
  • John McGinn 42’
  • Ollie Watkins 64’
  • Raúl Jiménez 70’

Match summary

Aston Villa won 3-1 at home to Fulham. Aston Villa led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Robinson's own goal put Aston Villa ahead in the 27th minute and John McGinn made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Ollie Watkins made it 3-0 in the 64th minute, set up by Leon Bailey and Raúl Jiménez pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 70th minute, set up by Antonee Robinson.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 2.89 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Fulham's 0.65 from 9.

Match stats

Aston Villa Fulham
12 Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
2.86 xG 0.65
2.86 Non-penalty xG 0.65
8 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Aston Villa Fulham
Kick-off
Antonee Robinson
Own goal1-0 (Aston Villa)
27’
John McGinn2-0 (Aston Villa)
42’
Half-time2-0
Ollie Watkins
Assist: Leon Bailey3-0 (Aston Villa)
64’
70’
Raúl Jiménez
Assist: Antonee Robinson3-1 (Fulham)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa
  • Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
  • Ollie Watkins
Fulham
  • Antonee Robinson
  • Alex Iwobi
  • João Palhinha
  • Carlos Vinicius
  • Harrison Reed

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.89 0.65 27’ Antonee Robinson (Aston Villa) own goal, 1-0 27’ 42’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), 2-0 42’ 64’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 3-0 64’ 70’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), 3-1 70’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.89 0.65 27’ Antonee Robinson (Aston Villa) own goal, 1-0 Robinson 27’ 42’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), 2-0 McGinn 42’ 64’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 3-0 Watkins 64’ 70’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), 3-1 Jiménez 70’
Aston Villa 2.89 xGFulham 0.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Fulham attacking Aston Villa attacking 
64’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.93 xG, goal 84’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.66 xG, off target 27’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 70’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 6’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 7’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 42’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 38’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 53’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 73’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 48’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Willian (Fulham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Pau Torres (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ Willian (Fulham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 57’ Harry Wilson (Fulham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Alex Iwobi (Fulham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Willian (Fulham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Alex Iwobi (Fulham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 27’ Antonee Robinson (Fulham), own goal 64’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.93 xG, goal 84’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.66 xG, off target 27’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 70’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 6’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 7’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 42’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 38’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 53’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 73’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 48’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Willian (Fulham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Pau Torres (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ Willian (Fulham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 57’ Harry Wilson (Fulham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Alex Iwobi (Fulham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Willian (Fulham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Alex Iwobi (Fulham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 27’ Antonee Robinson (Fulham), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Emiliano Martinez GK900 0.000.000
Matthew Cash DEF902 0.170.000
Pau Torres DEF901 0.040.091
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo DEF900 0.000.000
Lucas Digne DEF900 0.000.131
Douglas Luiz MID900 0.000.041
Boubacar Kamara MID901 0.040.000
Youri Tielemans MID901 0.070.601
John McGinn MID9011 0.100.081
Ollie Watkins FWD9013 1.700.041
Moussa Diaby FWD672 0.730.111
Leon Bailey Sub2311 0.041.002

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 58% Avg odds 1.65
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.13
Fulham win 19% Avg odds 5.21

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa WDWWL
Fulham LWLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-0 Fulham, 25 Apr 23 Next meeting: Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa, 17 Feb 24  All Aston Villa vs Fulham meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.